Cullingworth Railway Viaduct - Cullingworth, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 49.382 W 001° 54.071
30U E 572330 N 5964392
This 9 arch stone railway viaduct used to carry The Great Northern Railway line but now carries the 'rails to trails' Great Northern Railway Trail (National Route 69).
Waymark Code: WMV6DD
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/03/2017
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The Railway
In 1864, the Halifax & Ovenden Junction Railway was given permission by Parliament to build a line from Halifax to Holmefie1d. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) were both subscribers to this scheme. In 1871, the Bradford & Thornton Railway, supported by local industrialists and the GNR, was also granted rights to construct a line to serve the industries to the west of Bradford. A more ambitious plan was devised in 1873 to connect both of these lines and also construct a route through towards Keighley. This necessitated the boring of the Queensbury Tunnel and excavating a rock face called Strines' cutting. In total they cut, blasted and dug through over 2 miles of solid rock. This proved to be costly and major undertaking which was not without incident.
Passenger trains ran until 1955, and goods trains until 1963
The Viaduct
The viaduct carried the railway line over two roads before entering Cullingworth Station. The B6429 road connects Bingley and Halifax whist the B6144 connects Keighley to Bradford, which it crosses at an oblique angle.
The span over the Bingley road is lower than the other and has a height of 15 feet 3 inches.
Bridge Type: Arch
Bridge Usage: Pedestrian
Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)
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